Category: Social Culture

Music

Backline is on the frontlines of mental health advocacy | launches 24/7 crisis hotline

Backline is on the front lines of mental health advocacy launching music industry-specific 24/7 crisis hotline B-Line is here to help day or night starting now. Call: 1-855-BLINE99 Text: 254-639 Today, Backline launches B-LINE, a 24/7 mental health and crisis support line created exclusively for the music industry. B-LINE connects music professionals and their families […]

Jan 27, 2026 Read →

Art

Highlights of SXSW 2025: Celebrating LP Giobbi with Femme House, Performances by SNACKTIME, JMSN plus The Strange and Beautiful Debut of Satellite Ranch

  As a former Austin resident, South by Southwest (SXSW) was the fair I’d had mixed feelings about – event lines could be long, traffic is a nightmare and most of the time, you won’t even get in. Still, on more than a few occasions friends would drive down to visit me from Dallas and […]

Mar 28, 2025 Read →

Art

Gems from Miami Art Week | From A Beach-Side Call to Action to Sex As Performance

Miami Art Week continues to be our favorite end of year destination, and not only for the sand, breeze and vitamin sea. Last week was a decadent blur of sights, sound and of course, endless opportunities to see ART, up close and personal. Read along as we recap our favorite installations and activations during this […]

Dec 20, 2024 Read →

Midwest

Boredom Fighters Take Over The Black Box for Not So Silent Auction Fundraiser Show

The Boredomfighters are back at The Black Box on December 19th for a Not So Silent Auction raising money for The Bob Moog Foundation and funding music workshops for kids in underserved communities. The night will feature music in the main room by special guest headliners, an Instrument Garden Studio in the Lounge, and an […]

Dec 18, 2024 Read →

Art

Art You HAVE To See: Luna Luna Forgotten Fantasy Opens in Los Angeles

The lure behind Luna Luna is loaded with details that almost deem it too good to be true – a massive art carnival constructed by some of the worlds’ greatest artists was lost for decades, only to be recovered in a forgotten shipping container by a group of art curators. Did we mention some of […]

Jan 15, 2024 Read →

Funk

Starchild Jr. of Parliament-Funkadelic Brings Masterclass to KMG Academy in Denver [Event Review]

On Thursday, January 4th, Starchild Jr. of Parliament Funkadelic brought his musical wisdom and incomparable experiences to Denver in the form of a masterclass at KMG Life ®. Founded by Greg Kimble in 2010, this “by the musician, for the musician” space offers anything and everything an artist could need and want under one roof, […]

Jan 8, 2024 Read →

Art

Dancing On The Edge of Reason and Beauty with Kaixi Yang | Podcast Interview

Kaixi Yang is an abstract enigma who pirouettes endlessly at the edge between reason and beauty. One day she conjures colored calligraphy across a canvas, and the next she eloquently sermonizes sustainable city planning at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. This relentlessly original thinker grew up in New Zealand, far from the world at […]

Jan 31, 2023 Read →

Interviews

Rooted in Rhythms: Prioritizing Health with Herbal Remedies [Interview]

Since the beginning of time, humans have utilized the earth and its natural medicines for healing and support. Fast forward to the current times and we are witnessing a vast movement of re-investing in social health that includes the importance of getting to the root causes of nutritional defeciency and medical traumas in our society. […]

Jan 19, 2022 Read →

Interviews

The Power of Psychedelics: Micro-dosing, trip facilitation and more with Psychedelic Passage [Interview]

Psychedelic Passage is an organization bringing new found support and facilitation to those embarking upon an intentional experience with psychedelics. As we begin to chip away at the stigma and propaganda created to surround these plant medicines for generations, we wouldn’t have made this much progress if it weren’t for those who are advocating to […]

Jan 1, 2022 Read →

East Coast

For the Culture: Pyer Moss Goes All Out for their premiere Couture Collection: WAT U IZ

WAT U IZ is the first fashion show that continues to replay in my mind – it’s the kind of beauty and intentionality that makes you feel as if it had been a lifetime in the making. Each Pyer Moss production is an embodiment of Black celebration and WAT U IZ would be no different. […]

Sep 26, 2021 Read →